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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 550179" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Yup, that happened about midnight, when easy child decided it was time to quit. She loaded up the last batch of jars into the water bath, set the timer for me to take them out, and went home to bed. </p><p></p><p> I'm glad and relieved that the biggest lesson I've always worked hard to teach them by example took hold, that family all pitches in and works together when there is work to be done, regardless of age. I literally did everything with my kids while they were growing up from cooking, baking, gardening, yard work, housework....crafts. They were rarely told they were too young to try to do something unless it was a safety issue, then if we could think of a way to make it safe, they were allowed to give it a shot. </p><p></p><p>I'm proud of my girls, and heck even the grandkids for wanting to learn. Nichole is such a clone of me it often stuns me. I really didn't have much worry the domestic engineer in her would appear once she started maturing, and it did. My ex goth girl is as old fashioned as her mother. lmao easy child......well, it took a while.......and while she's coming along nicely, she's still fighting the burning the candle at both ends syndrome. But for a while, the girl had me worried as she was caught up in the current attitude of society of instant gratification, money was made to be spent, and hard times would never come knocking at her door. She had started to come around a tad before her accident last summer, but that is what really woke her up to reality of adulthood. I've seen a drastic change in attitude with easy child for the positive. </p><p></p><p>I laugh at my Mom who when my family does such things is totally amazed at the dynamics of how it works. She was also one for the family does together, except she made one critical mistake, she excluded herself from the work. She didn't realize that when family learns to work together from the beginning this way, it makes bonds stronger and much much closer relationships. So.....it never quite worked out for her. She missed all the sweaty hard work, but she also missed all the joking around and laughter, all the in depth discussions that go on during that type of work. She is only now realizing that she missed her opportunity to bond really close with her kids that way. (especially since she was a working mom and not there much of the time) </p><p></p><p>I was so proud of easy child following through and getting her garden in this year and keeping up with it, learning to bake bread from scratch (which is now all her family eats 99 percent of the time), learning to coupon and hunt for bargains instead of just impulsively spending the money she and sister in law work hard for. She finished her 30 day challenge of all home cooked meals and realizes now it's not as impossible to do as she once believed, and that she somehow missed learning many family recipes and needs to acquire more to fill in her menus, not to mention how much food it actually takes to feed a family of 5, 4 of them males. Her challenge (I gave her the challenge) is now helping her to stock her pantry/home more efficiently. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I have to laugh because since the boys switched to coming to Nana's instead of Nana watching them at their house, Darrin nags easy child about all of them eating at the table for meal time, which is what I require. LOL He loves it, Brandon and Connor love it too and eat better that way. </p><p></p><p>Nichole has always helped me garden and cook. I'm proud of her for being determined to learn crochet and to sew......areas she's not had too much patience in before. easy child also learned to crochet beyond the basics which nearly caused me to faint because she has always had zero interest in "crafts". </p><p></p><p>They do make me proud, for certain. They totally "got it". Even to the point where they don't even think about little ones pitching in and helping too. Which of course passes it right along to the next generation because honestly this is how we're geared to learn. </p><p></p><p>We all worked or fannies off yesterday and sweated buckets and went to bed exhausted. But for the atmosphere in the house, you'd have thought it just a social gathering. <strong>Love it.</strong> That is the way it's supposed to be. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And I have no doubt the grands, when grown, will look back on these times in their childhood with much fondness.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 550179, member: 84"] Yup, that happened about midnight, when easy child decided it was time to quit. She loaded up the last batch of jars into the water bath, set the timer for me to take them out, and went home to bed. I'm glad and relieved that the biggest lesson I've always worked hard to teach them by example took hold, that family all pitches in and works together when there is work to be done, regardless of age. I literally did everything with my kids while they were growing up from cooking, baking, gardening, yard work, housework....crafts. They were rarely told they were too young to try to do something unless it was a safety issue, then if we could think of a way to make it safe, they were allowed to give it a shot. I'm proud of my girls, and heck even the grandkids for wanting to learn. Nichole is such a clone of me it often stuns me. I really didn't have much worry the domestic engineer in her would appear once she started maturing, and it did. My ex goth girl is as old fashioned as her mother. lmao easy child......well, it took a while.......and while she's coming along nicely, she's still fighting the burning the candle at both ends syndrome. But for a while, the girl had me worried as she was caught up in the current attitude of society of instant gratification, money was made to be spent, and hard times would never come knocking at her door. She had started to come around a tad before her accident last summer, but that is what really woke her up to reality of adulthood. I've seen a drastic change in attitude with easy child for the positive. I laugh at my Mom who when my family does such things is totally amazed at the dynamics of how it works. She was also one for the family does together, except she made one critical mistake, she excluded herself from the work. She didn't realize that when family learns to work together from the beginning this way, it makes bonds stronger and much much closer relationships. So.....it never quite worked out for her. She missed all the sweaty hard work, but she also missed all the joking around and laughter, all the in depth discussions that go on during that type of work. She is only now realizing that she missed her opportunity to bond really close with her kids that way. (especially since she was a working mom and not there much of the time) I was so proud of easy child following through and getting her garden in this year and keeping up with it, learning to bake bread from scratch (which is now all her family eats 99 percent of the time), learning to coupon and hunt for bargains instead of just impulsively spending the money she and sister in law work hard for. She finished her 30 day challenge of all home cooked meals and realizes now it's not as impossible to do as she once believed, and that she somehow missed learning many family recipes and needs to acquire more to fill in her menus, not to mention how much food it actually takes to feed a family of 5, 4 of them males. Her challenge (I gave her the challenge) is now helping her to stock her pantry/home more efficiently. :) I have to laugh because since the boys switched to coming to Nana's instead of Nana watching them at their house, Darrin nags easy child about all of them eating at the table for meal time, which is what I require. LOL He loves it, Brandon and Connor love it too and eat better that way. Nichole has always helped me garden and cook. I'm proud of her for being determined to learn crochet and to sew......areas she's not had too much patience in before. easy child also learned to crochet beyond the basics which nearly caused me to faint because she has always had zero interest in "crafts". They do make me proud, for certain. They totally "got it". Even to the point where they don't even think about little ones pitching in and helping too. Which of course passes it right along to the next generation because honestly this is how we're geared to learn. We all worked or fannies off yesterday and sweated buckets and went to bed exhausted. But for the atmosphere in the house, you'd have thought it just a social gathering. [B]Love it.[/B] That is the way it's supposed to be. :) And I have no doubt the grands, when grown, will look back on these times in their childhood with much fondness. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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